TripAdvisor Reviews White Swan Hotel Hangzhou

Travel Blogs from Hangzhou

... Despite my enjoyment of wine in general, this rice wine was not at all to my liking. Quite sweet and grainy, I thought. Too bad because the owner gave us ladies a huge discount on purchases!

The day was coming to an end so we climbed back on the bus for our 3 hour drive back to Shanghai. All in all it was an interesting, eclectic mix of tours that allowed me to learn a little more about this corner of the world, and get to know a group of international women looking to do the ...

Barely took any photos in Hangzhou as it ****** it down most of the time we were there but here are a few. Hangzhou isn't much of a wintery place really as most of the activities are based around the lake. We attempted to walk around it on my birthday but got soaked through so went to a silk museum instead. I told you it was three wet and wild girls let loose in China...We made up for the ****** weather by going for some real nice food at a restaurant called Grean Tea restaurant though. ...

... tired to care anymore, has taught me not to take things so seriously with work and enjoy the experience and suddenly I have more confidence in my Chinese speaking ability and am not stressing about things as much.

Classes are going well, but the amount of classes I am being given is now bordering on ludicrous. Not only am I teaching from 8.30am-9pm most days, I am now being given classes on weekends, both Saturday and Sunday. ...

... a taxi. It was a really neat place to go so I'm glad we went! The travel snafus were all just part of the adventure.

When I got back Julie and I went in search of dinner. We walked past Wal Mart to the sports stadium because a few people told us there were a lot of cool places there only to find that there weren't too many option. There is a restaurant called "Gaga" that is a western cafeteria with rainbow lights. We didn't go there. Instead we checked out "bar ...

... a high percentage of accidents is caused by blowouts from overloaded cars. We have all learned that you simply cannot trust any of the information provided here and must take a step back each time someone tells you some statistics about their company or city.